[Stylist] basic tutorial on prepping docs for sighted readers
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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Tue Jul 2 14:29:45 UTC 2019
Jackie,
I'm not a poet but have poet friends. Structure and format all depend on the
type of poem and what experimental form you're working with. When I submit
to mags and journals, I believe it still request poems be left aligned, but
still, it really depends on why you change the alignment. Is there an
artistic choice for it? Does playing with form and structure serve a purpose
for the poem? But yes, I think centering poetry is a grade school concept
and not something actual poets do. Sorry, don't have a better answer.
Bridgit
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Annie,
This is good advice and easy to follow.
I might disagree with centering poetry. Pauline Mounsey, publisher of The
Lucid Stone, a poetry quarterly for many years, discouraged us strongly from
this practice. Our teacher for the Granite Reef Poets for years, said it
could actually keep us from getting a poem published, or selected in a
contest.
I would like to hear from the other poets on this list about this topic.
Your submissions to this list are valuable, and I always look forward to
reading them, though I do not always get off a response.
My thanks.
Jacqueline Williams
Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.
Jenny Xie
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Hi,
This subject is a very broad one, for sure so I will keep to a focused
statement.
. For informational articles and essays I use simple text blocks and no
indents. Heading can be centered and bolded to draw the eye.
One can make bullet lists, which also focuses on the subject and point for
this type of writing.
One can also center poems. I'd like to say, that I grew up sighted, and
want to also say simple works better than all the fancy shmancy fonts and
flourishes. If your writing is good, you don't need embellishment's. This
can take away from the writing. Also, type fonts should be simple, without
the serifs and little tails and such. Fonts with too many sweeps and tails
or angles are hard to read for folks with low vision and sometimes scanning
software confuses the letters. I use Calibri or ariel, both well known and
used all over the web and in printed books. I used Ariel for all my own
books, too.
I think old-fashioned typesets like times new roman will soon be a thing of
the past.
Best,
Annie
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Not looking for something that tells me what I have done-but what
specifically to do to enhance how a doc looks to sighted readers. Mine, at
this point, are very plain, and I just want to pretty them up in ways that
are typical, but because I am not a native print user, I am not sure always
of what markings, graphics or whatever work for given situations. What I
ineffectively articulated before is, I could probably learn this by reading
a typical doc using the super-detailed settings in JAWS, but am loath to,
because of mild Aspergers that makes that kind of fine detail
crazymaking-too much of a good thing! So, I'd rather have someone explain
what works best for people, what makes docs pleasing to the eye, and how to
accomplish it (though the how-to's, I can probably learn elsewhere). So,
hope this clarifies somewhat.
Sandra
Something is wrong, I know it, if I don't keep my attention on eternity. May
I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful.
(Mary Oliver)
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